As voters overwhelmingly reject federal mandate to purchase health insurance (MyWay, August 4, 2010) ... ... tax-payers shell out $700,000 ...

" Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban " (Yahoo!news, August 4, 2010). Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's 136-page ...

Excerpts from an interview granted by the new President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Archbishop Kurt Koch, to Ga...

Watch the Speaker of the House dodge this question on Jesus' right to life (Breitbart.TV, August 3, 2010). This would be comedy materi...

In a popular presentation based on "over 500 hours of research," RealCatholicTV.com's third episode of Catholic Investigative...

Notre Dame professor of philosophy, Gary Gutting offers a thought-provoking discussion of " Philosophy and Faith " (New York Times...

I just rediscovered a column by "Diogenes" in Catholic World Report upon which I had intended to post something back in June. In...

Tridentine Community News (August 1, 2010): By the grace of God, we now have the privilege of attending Low Masses in the Extraordinary For...

Tridentine Community News (July 25, 2010): After almost two years of planning, the Latin Liturgy Association National Convention [of July 1...

Many of you will remember our post, " Catholic prof fired for giving Church teaching on homosexuality " (Musings, July 11, 2010) a...

"The Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is alto...

Patrick Kingsley, " The art of slow reading " (The Guardian, July 15, 2010) -- [Just skim this ... and LOOK: I've even done yo...

In a gratuitous exhibition of a most illiberal, repressive attitude, " CNN Host Calls for Crackdown on 'Bloggers' in Wake of Sh...

Alice von Hildebrant provides substantial food for thought and fuel for the fire in her recent essay, " Dietrich von Hildebrand, Cathol...

Please pray for Donna, who recently wrote requesting prayer for a difficult time in her life. God bless, PB